Research Catalog

Title

Interweaving patterns: [Unedited footage] [electronic resource]

Publication

1989.

Details

Additional Authors

• Spalding, Susan Eike.
• Johnson, Anne.

Description

2 streaming video files (NTSC) (89 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

Part of a 16-cassette series containing unedited interview and dance footage. Although the interviews focus primarily on dance, they also cover a broad range of topics intended to fill in the socio-cultural background of the region. For the completed documentary, see: *MGZIA 4-1305 Step back Cindy.

Subjects

• Folk dancing > Appalachian Mountains
• Polka (Dance)
• Folk dancing > Virginia
• Clog dancing
• Television > Step back Cindy
• Social dancing > 20th century
• Waltz (Dance)
• Television > Interweaving patterns
• Paul Jones (Dance)
• Two-step (Dance)
• Square, round and contra dancing

Note

• Unedited footage recorded in southwestern Virginia by Appalshop, Whitesburg, Kentucky, for the videodocumentary Interweaving patterns (later retitled Step back Cindy), sponsored by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Directors: Anne Johnson and Susan Spalding.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video files online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

• Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Contents

CONTENTS. - Chilhowie Lions Club dance. Recorded in Chilhowie, Virginia, in April 1989. The dancers perform Appalachian square dances, clogging (the Chilhowie term for solo percussive stepdancing), and couple dances such as the two-step, waltz (box-step), and polka. Two mixers are included in the evening, a Paul Jones and a broom dance, in which partners are changed at the drop of a broom. Reel 6A: 60 min. Reel 6B: 29 min.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 1457

OCLC

NYPY916021001-F

Title

Interweaving patterns: [Unedited footage] [electronic resource]

Imprint

1989.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video files online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2261 cassettes 6A & 6B

Connect to:

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Local Subject

Television. Interweaving patterns.

Square, round and contra dancing.

Clog dancing.

Social dancing -- 20th century.

Local Subject

Television. Step back Cindy.

Added Author

Spalding, Susan Eike. Director

Johnson, Anne. Director

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 1457